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There are imposters in your leadership team
Many years ago as a young leader I did a weeklong residential training program at Mt Eliza Business School. One of our activities was a full-day simulation where we were given roles in a fictitious company and handed an ‘in-tray’ of documents to read the night before....
Tupperware? Or something more destructive to the team?
In my pantry there is a shelf that is neat and organized with stackable plastic boxes; everything is labeled and in its place*. It’s a control freak’s paradise!
Fearless Leaders do conflict well
‘I have never seen a workplace conflict that only impacts two people.’ This claim was made by my good friend Zandy Fell. Zandy is an expert in doing workplace conflict better.
Fearless Communication starts with Intent
Do you sometimes find communication challenging in your leadership team? Perhaps it’s hard to decipher a colleague’s meaning? Or maybe at times you struggle to make yourself understood? Language is at best a rough approximation of the concepts being communicated....
Let others help you
23 years ago I returned to Australia after 2½ years teaching English in a jungle refugee camp on the edge of a war zone on the Thai/Myanmar border. Needless to say, this was an experience that shaped me and changed my world. Last weekend I was lucky enough to return for a very busy and emotionally charged 24 hours.
Tension happens – 3 ways Fearless Teams deal with it
The question is not, ‘Will there be difficulties and challenges to the fabric of our leadership team?’ The better question is, ‘How will we deal with them when it happens?’ and ‘What will we learn?’
Would you pay for storage?
My husband and I are planning a major renovation and we need to move out for 8 to 10 months. One of the first steps is a clean out of our garage. Actually it’s a really a very large shed in our backyard. And because it’s so big, we never need to be careful about what...
5 Common energy leaks leaders face
There are many currencies we trade in – money, love, recognition of others – to name a few. One of the currencies we most need to be aware of as leaders is energy. The ideal I hold for my clients is that they are just as energised on Friday night as they were at the...
5 ways to shut down a fearless conversation
Hopefully you have experienced being part of a team that’s in flow, with shared purpose, strong relationships, high trust, agreed values, getting great things done…
What team are you playing for?
‘My team works well. This team is less effective.’ I hear many versions of this when I work with leadership teams. ‘My team’ typically refers to the vertical slice of the organisation led by the executive (‘my division’ – my direct reports and me). ‘This team’ is the executive team.